I wanted to make it out to tonight’s City Council meeting, as they’ll be considering a resolution (no. 2010-257) that could greatly impact the future of the Summer Beerfest, and the rest of the festivals that call Ypsi home, but it looks like I’m going to be stuck in the house tonight, parenting… Essentially, the […]
Tag Archives: Heritage Fest
How much to charge the festivals that call Ypsilanti home
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged Beerfest, City COuncil resolutions, Corner brewery, deal breakers, Depot Town CDC, Erik Dotzauer, Heritage Festival, Michigan Brewer's Guild, Michigan Roots Jamboree, Rene Greff, Resolution 2010-257, Scott Graham, things that break deals, Ypsi festivals, Ypsilanti City Council 71 Comments
Putting the heritage back in Heritage Fest
Ypsilanti’s Heritage Festival used to be about more than just ugly people in too tight clothing, funnel cakes, moon walks full to the brim with mouth-breathing hooligans, and the inhalation of elephant ears. In decades past, it was about… well… the actual heritage of Ypsilantians. It’s been lost slowly over time, but, as I understand […]
Posted in History, Ypsilanti Also tagged Dusty Diary, Heritage Festival, historic interpretation, History, Laura Bien, reenactment, Riverside Park 22 Comments
Ypsi Heritage Fest parade
Ypsi’s Heritage Festival is this weekend, and this morning was the big parade. I love parades in Ypsi. They’re insane and beautiful. They’re a little pieces of Libertarian paradise. Anyone who wants in, can get in. Or, at least that’s how it seems to me. One minute, John and Debbie Dingell roll by, and, the […]
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged candy throwing, car crushing, city chickens, clowns dressed like cops, Heritage Festival, John Dingell, parade, Peter Thomason, roadkill 10 Comments